Shocking Text

July 30, 2010

Shocking Text

by Jim Beam

Step 1 – Preparing the Text

These tutorials are donated to N-sane Art by generous members of the Photoshop community. We at N-sane Art edit the text and images these tutorials for clarity only when necessary in order to preserve as much of the original tutorial as possible.

Create a new image 400x400px with a “transparent” background. Rename the only existing layer “back“.

Fill ( Edit > Fill ) layer “back” with black ( Hext #000000 ).

Using the Horizontal Type Tool, write some large text in white ( Hex #FFFFFF ). For this tutorial, I wrote “N-sane” in 80 pt with the font Impact.

Rasterize the text ( Layer > Rasterize > Text ). Rename the layer that has the now rasterized text “Text“.

Step 2 – Vertical Wind

Duplicate layer “Text” and rename the new layer “Text 2“. Hide layer “Text 2” by clicking on the eye to the left of it on the Layer Palette.